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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
But my concern and the concern of many others is that the agency, this agency, other agencies, are trying to do things that they don't have the statutory authority to do.
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John Boozman
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Boozman expresses concern about agency overreach regarding statutory authority.

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